Pupils hurt in second attack at face slash school

Monday 24 October 2005 11.48 EDT
First published on Monday 24 October 2005 11.48 EDT

Two pupils, aged 15 and 16, have suffered minor cuts and bruises in a second classroom attack at the school where 12-year-old Shanni Naylor was slashed across the face with a pencil sharpener in an attack by a fellow-pupil last week.

South Yorkshire police said that a boy aged 12 had been arrested on suspicion of causing violent disorder after the incident during a lunchbreak dancing class which was allegedly disrupted by a gang of students at Myrtle Springs school in Sheffield.

A similar after-hours evening session at Myrtle Springs school was cancelled.